I think the only solution is to either go outside in the dark with a group of people who each use one of your flashlights, or strap some to your dogs and cats and go for a walk, thereby justifying them 
SPAM!! This man is a cat or dog salesman.
Oops, nearly forgot…
Now you cant stop until it goes the other way :D!
We are Bort
Resistance is futile
You will buy a flashlight (or a Pontiac)
So a power outage last night got me thinking - IS lists the head diameter at 37 mm. I’ve found a few cone diffusers that are 34mm in size, and many more in the 40mm range. 37 mm seems rather unusual. Obviously 40mm would fit, but I’m not sure if it would be so loose that it would fall off. Does anyone have any recommendations?
This one fits my SkyEye F13: https://www.fasttech.com/p/1347101 .
(Sorry stupid iPhone is being too retarded to make that a link! I'm about sick of it!)
-Garry
Just out of curiousity, any word on JohnnyMac’s review of the Starry Light? I’m dying to see his official numbers. By the way, I brought it on a recent trip to a beach resort for the weekend. My wife put it quite nicely when she said, “It’s embarrassingly bright…” We were able to see cliffs from the shoreline at least 200 meters away, no problem. Tried to take a picture, but the point and shoot just couldn’t do it justice.
Light is pending review with him.
These are Greek words.Are you Greek?
(Because I am). 
Still one of my favorite lights!
-Slender, non-soda can profile despite being multi cell
- Nicely bright, with readily available cells
-Great value
Just maybe not robust enough for frequent users
(Reports of rapid threadwear)
-If you have one you want to part with—let me know
Sorry to bump this old thread,but this light is now only $12 at enogear
http://www.enogear.com/pd.jsp?id=178#_pp=109_452
It says Standby 10? maybe that means inventory? stock?
Edit: cant be stock... that is written next to the quantity.
I wonder if they fixed the driver issue where the light goes dark during a half or full click. But that was with the BLF model and perhaps was never an issue with the standard one.
Not sure, never got the BLF version. But 12 is cheap as chips..
I ordered this light (the non BLF Starrylight SA-22) a few months ago (yes in 2018 that is) in the Enogear Store because I was curious.
After paying with paypal there was zero confirmation from Enogear, and then after about 4 weeks my package arrived.
On the positive side:
- the output is alright (but not as bright as a modern 4x AA flashlight, or a Li-Ion flashlight),
- the NW tint is nice, with no tint shift,
- I really like the beam, especially after I put on some DC-Fix for better indoor use,
- relatively easy to dissassemble the light,
- I did not experience any driver issues; the driver is not really efficient compared to modern lights.
- ergonomics are great, feels good in hand.
- because of the tail switch, there is no standbye drain, which makes this light a good backup option.
- tailstanding is possible
- “free” holster included
- low price (however, questionable value due to some negative points)
On the negative side:
- mode order is not good, with blinkies in the main order. Also it starts on High, then Medium, then Medium again (I do not see any difference in output level at all), then Strobe, then SOS.
- my light has mode memory, this is not good in combination with the bad mode order,
- this light has no Low Voltage Protection. If you run it with rechargeable NiMH’s it will discharge them too low. I had one Ikealoop discharged to 0 Volts. This is not good for your cell life. This light will suck all the life from alkaline cells though, it is a battery vampire.
- my biggest concern is the “threading issue”, this is a major design mistake. With the head made from aluminum and the body from plastic, there is a real danger you damage the flimsy plastic threads. I really need to be extremely careful to connect both parts in the right manner.
My conclusion is that I would not buy this light again, as I think there are better options in 2018. Nonetheless I think 4xAA flashlight (especially in this form factor) are an option to consider for non-flashaholics. Major advantage is for non-expert users is the safer cell chemistry of NiMH versus the more intricate Li-Ion chemistry which requires some care in use. My conclusion about the Starry Light SA22 is that I personally think the threading issue is a major design flaw, seriously limiting long-term reliability and usefulness of this light.
slowtechstef, thanks for the update. Good to know about the threading. Actually that reminds me that that exact reason was a con long time ago as well. But don't you think its a good toy for kids maybe? Or still not worth the $12?
A few years back after the group buy we talked a lot about the drawbacks of this light, the plastic threads will wear out to where the head pops off and won’t stay on. About 50-150 battery charges in my experience.
It also doesn’t help that the battery springs “pushing back” make it difficult to screw on the head in the exact right angle on the body.
Especially for kids (or also elderly) this light is unsuitable because of the difficulty (for them) of getting the head back on the body after replacing cells.
The only use case I could see for the SA-22 is as a backup emergency flashlight stored away for years and years somewhere with lithium primary cells, for example your car (where heat would kill Li-Ion over time faster than primary lithium AA cells). However keep in mind the not so stellar runtime and efficacy. Even as a back-up light there are better options nowadays in the same price. And consider if you would not rather invest a little bit more in a true quality emergency light, because in that particular case failure is not an option.
So your question to me seems: does paying 12 USD offers a good value for a throw-away flashlight?
you are right! pity.. it was promising, but forgot all the details about the light. that was probably a reason I never got one myself
I got used to that, it was my most used light for a while till the head starting popping off
I found the battery life to compare to my 105C lights, about an hour on high. The maximum output is lower (600 vs 900 lumens) but battery performance was better, no dimming till it was almost dead unlike linear driven lithium.
Mine is still in use as an emergency light, fully charged matched cells in a specific place where it can be found in the dark and only used in emergencies and charged about once a year